YA fiction is a broad and diverse genre. Over the past years, it has only grown, and now has a readership that is actually 55% adults.
But this is still a genre targeted at teenagers, making the normalisation of toxic masculinity in YA fiction even more worrying.
YA is one of the most popular and yet misunderstood categories of books.
But such a popular genre doesn’t come without the negatives. YA is crammed with harmful stereotypes and overused cliches.
Here are some of my most hated tropes in the genre.
Right now, a lot of us are pledging to consciously build in more reads from black authors, as well as books covering all genders, races, religions, disabilities, etc. (which is great!). But, how do we keep up the momentum… forever? (because this is not and can’t just be a trend that comes and goes).
In honour of May- Mental Health Awareness Month, I wanted to write about a topic that is very close to me and that is definitely not talked about enough: Mental Health in YA fiction. Of course, this applies to any…
